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Proton has released the first official photos of the upcoming Proton Iriz facelift. The B segment hatchback is set to be launched sometime in the first half of 2019. The Iriz will receive some exterior redesign as well as the addition of a more connected infotainment system inside. This compact hatchback is the first existing model from the Proton line-up to receive a facelift since its partnership with Geely was announced. The main thrust of the facelift is it Proton Iriz's looks. Proton has given it more styling tweaks outside than in. The new exterior lines are designed to portray connectivity with a sporty look as well as to build visual links with other models especially the newly launched X70 SUV (The first Proton-Geely collabo) by using design elements that are common between them. The front of the Iriz gets new slim headlights that are integrated with a differently styled front grille. According to Proton,, the grille is inspired by the “Ethereal Bow” styling … [Read more...] about PROTON Releases Photos of the Soon to be Launched 2019 Proton Iriz Facelift

SPEEDWAY, Indiana – One of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Jr.’s favorite sayings of late is “momentum has gone into another gear.” It’s a rather telling phrase, encompassing not just Unser’s life for nearly the last two years, but also the upstart IndyCar team he has worked for during that time, Harding Steinbrenner Racing. Unser’s official title at HSR is “consultant,” but he’s much more than that. The two-time Indy 500 winner and two-time CART champion is also a mentor, coach, strategist, business-to-business and sponsorship advisor, trouble shooter, talent evaluator, spokesman and figurehead. It was team owner Mike Harding, who has had a long sponsorship association with the Indy 500, who called Unser one day in early 2016, asking if he’d speak at the annual Carb Day party Harding throws that draws upwards of 3,000 guests. When the two men finally met in-person for the first time, they clicked immediately, … [Read more...] about Al Unser Jr.: Harding Steinbrenner Racing ready to be contenders in 2019

“Just don’t race,” my boss told me at 12:43 a.m. his time, which was the middle of the afternoon for me. “I can think of more reasons not to do it. I just don’t think this is worth it for a story.” This story he was referring to, me running my first-ever wheel-to-wheel car race with Chinese automaker Geely in Shanghai, seemed worth it a few weeks earlier. It was an opportunity to race in a field with some professional drivers on the Shanghai International Circuit Formula One track in stripped-out race versions of Geely’s 131-horsepower Emgrand GL sedan, and to see up close what was happening with China’s budding motorsports culture. It all sounded like a grand time, and a safe one. But considering what went on the few days I’d been in Shanghai—or the lack thereof—before Geely released about 20 seemingly novice drivers on a 3.4-mile circuit from a standing start like rabid wolves, it didn’t seem fun anymore. My … [Read more...] about I Went to China to Race a New Car. Then Things Got Weird

Hello readers. You may have heard that EV entrepreneur, disrupteur sauvage and tweet connoisseur Elon Musk is having a “difficult time,” currently. Which is bad for electric vehicles and the optimistic pursuit of capital in the face of our impending doom, only one of which I really care about. The good news is I have a plan: replace Elon with me. I got this. I’ve followed Elon’s story for some time. I, too am an electric vehicle specialist with a strange accent and an attraction to goth women who make electropop bangers. In fact I also am a goth woman with experience wrangling difficult pop stars, so I can do a classic twofer here. Fortunately, I have also been extremely online throughout my entire 20s and 30s so far and can safely say that I have already done all my bad tweets — and then some. It is with supreme confidence I can put myself forward as a dashingly roguish but ultimately safe pair of hands to steer forward the change the … [Read more...] about I Volunteer to Be the New Elon Musk, Here Is My Plan

Does Bullitt still matter? Fifty years since it came out, is the detective thriller—oozing with Steve McQueen’s quiet, simmering brand of cool and famous for its groundbreaking centerpiece car chase scene—relevant to the young buyers the Ford Mustang once had a monopoly on? After a hot lap of San Francisco in the 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt, I’m pretty sure it doesn’t matter, because this car is an instant classic in its own right. (Full Disclosure: Ford needed me to drive the Mustang Bullitt so badly it flew me to San Francisco and paid for my hotel room, food and booze. Honestly I was just happy to get away from the oppressive New York summer humidity for a few days, so the car was icing on the cake.) What Is It? For the third time, Ford is back with a special edition Mustang GT inspired by the green Mustang that Detective Frank Bullitt uses to chase down bad guys in the namesake movie. It’s an appearance and performance package for the 2019 … [Read more...] about The 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt Is Everything You Want It to Be